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Saturday, October 20, 2012

vegan mofo :: witches fingers, scary cookie recipe

Witches' Fingers: These cookies may not sound or look vegan, but they are!

Everyone needs a frighteningly good Halloween recipe to counter all the psychedelic, artificial-flavor and-color-packed candy that kids will inevitably be confronted with over the next few weeks. I made these arthritic little cookies one year for a Halloween party, not
knowing how kids would react to them. I assumed the littlest
trick-or-treaters might be freaked out by the bloody fingernails and gnarly
joints, but they gleefully gobbled up them up. These cookies might look evil, but
they taste freakishly good and are easy to make.

1. In a large mixing bowl, beat together Earth Balance, sugar,
almond extract and vanilla. Add flours, baking soda, and salt, a bit at a
time, mixing well and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.

2. Cover with a tea towel and refrigerate 30 minutes. Divide the
dough in 4.

3. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Dip the almonds in food coloring to make "bloody fingernails."

4. Put on your gloves. Remove on fourth of the dough from the
‘fridge. Roll a one-inch ball of dough into a finger shaped cookie. Dip almond
into red food coloring, then press it firmly into the top of the cookie end to
make the nail. Using your finger, press down center of cookie to make a
“knuckle” shape. Use a small knife to make several slashes on the knuckle.

Fingers....er....cookies, cooling on a rack

5. Place on lightly greased or silpat-lined cookie sheets; bake in
325F (160C) oven for 20-25 minutes or until just golden. Remove from cookie
sheets and let cool on racks. Repeat with remaining dough.